Wilkes, Maurice Vincent, 1913 - 2010 (computer scientist)
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Fonds — Container: COMP
Archives of the Mathematical Laboratory and its successor, the Computer Laboratory, 1934 - 2006
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/COMP
Scope and Contents
The archives comprise limited quantities of administrative material, including of the Computing Service. Much more significant are the surviving records of EDSAC and EDSAC 2 [Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator], among the earliest electronic computers, developed in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Dates:
1934 - 2006
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
